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Roasted Green Beans

You know how I love to roast veggies, right? Well this is such a super easy one. I usually don’t roast my green beans because they are not my husband’s favorite vegetable so when I cook them I like to do Green Beans, Onions, and Walnuts because I just love that. Since my hubby is not that fond of green beans, I don’t cook them that often and I save my cooking of them for that recipe. But recently I just wanted something to throw in the oven. Like I normally do. Wash it, season it, throw it in the oven, and walk away. That is one reason why I love to roast veggies. Well, we just happen to have received green beans in our produce box . . . so that is what I ended up roasting.

You know I always love easy, and easy right now is what I need because we are having to spend so much time just sitting in the room with the cats. I mean we don’t HAVE to, but we do. I have found in talking to people who don’t have cats, that it is a common misconception that cats don’t like company. People think cats are super independent. While they might be more independent than dogs, they still like their people’s company. They might not want you to even pay attention to them, but they like you to be in the room with them. Especially when they are locked in a room and they can hear you out in the house, then they really want to be out there with you. Cats like to be WITH you. These girls have been in three different places since June 1 so we want to let them know that they are part of a family now, so my hubby and I spend a lot of time in the room.

Often I try to go into the room to work, because they are quarantined in my office, but usually once I go in they want to play. Anyway . . . with the extra time I am spending in my office, it is nice to have an easy time with dinner. And you know roasting veggies is my “go to!”

This isn’t so much about the recipe (because it is so easy) as the idea of roasting green beans. It could be that someone hasn’t thought about doing it yet.

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Roasted Green Beans

1.5 pounds of green beans
2 tablespoons olive oil
salt
garlic
pepper

Preheat the oven to 450° F

Wash and trim the green beans. Line a cook sheet with parchment paper. Put your beans on the pan. Then drizzle the oil over the beans. Toss the beans so the oil gets on all the beans. Spread the beans out so they are one layer on the sheet. Sprinkle the beans with salt, garlic, and the pepper.

Put the beans in the oven for anywhere from 20 to 45 minutes. How long you cook your veggies is up to you. You can check on them and decide how well done you like them. Sometimes I like them not so done and sometimes I like them well done. When roasting I am ok with them well done. With other methods I like them less done.

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Of course you can season them with whatever you would like. Salt, garlic, and pepper is simple seasoning. And sometimes that is nice.

Do you like green beans? Do you like them roasted? How do you cook green beans?

Oh awesome. Thank you for letting me know Stephane! I felt silly posting such a “non-recipe”, but I was hoping it would give someone an idea. It gave one of my other friends the idea and you a memory. So glad I posted it!